Menu of Transgenic Foods

Issue 

Menu of Transgenic Foods

Appetisers

Spiced Potatoes with Waxmoth genes

Juice of Tomato with Flounder gene

Entree

Blackened Catfish with Trout gene

Scalloped potato with Chicken gene

Corn bread with Firefly gene

Dessert

Rice Pudding with Pea gene

Beverage

Milk from Bovine Growth Hormone-supplemented cows

US Federal permits for environmental release are pending or have been granted for all the transgenic plants and animals included on the menu. Bovine growth hormone is under consideration for approval as a veterinary drug.
[From The Gene Report, April 1992.]

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